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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

322 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LLANO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



...HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND THE 

EASTERN PERIPHERY OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY AND WERE MOVING 

NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  



AT 320 AM...ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES WERE OBSERVED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR IN THE HEAVIER CORES MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH INTO 

KARNES...WILSON...BEXAR AND DEWITT COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL

BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF 

WATER IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS THROUGH 5 AM. IF RAINFALL 

RATES INTENSIFY...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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